“The talent show was in a big church filled with people and there were all these different acts, and one of them was a tap dancer, tap-dancing to ‘Yankee Doodle Dandy’ all dressed in red, white and blue. And Elliott played ‘Blackbird’ and I was stunned, and I thought maybe it was just me, but after he finished playing there was a hush, and then this warm applause filled the hall. It was the first time I knew, whoa, this is where he’s going. The end of the story is, they chose somebody to go on a national talent show, and the person they chose was the tap dancer, tap-dancing to ‘Yankee Doodle Dandy’.”
Gary Smith